Time Out Florence

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Florence has the greatest collection of Renaissance art in the world & a character list that reads like a Whos Who of the periods greatest artists & thinkers
- Dante Leonardo Michaelangelo
- not to mention the powerful families who financed their work
- the Medici & the Strozzi. Evidence of their lasting influence abounds today including the discovery of a Leonardo fresco beneath a painting by Vasari & the unearthing of Michaelangelos plans for a church facade. The citys challenge today is to manage the resultant tourist hordes; a new entrance to an enlarged Uffizi should double tourist numbers to the gallery while a tramline is intended to reduce the citys traffic. * Sightseeing in Florence * Florence hotels * Florence restaurants * Florence bars * Florence shops * Florence maps